After resting at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean for nearly 300 years, a pair of cannons from Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge have been lifted to the surface.

The ship was stolen by the infamous pirate Blackbeard back in 1717 when it was still a slaving vessel. Originally called the Concord, he armed it and turned the 300-ton craft into his flagship. But less than a year later, he ran the ship aground at Beaufort Inlet off the coast of North Carolina.